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Riff Tone

New Orleans Is a Dying Whore

DOWN

Guitarmetal2000s

Original Gear

GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (likely 1990s-early 2000s, as used by Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein in studio)
AmpPeavey 5150 (studio recording amp for Down II era, high-gain metal standard)

Amp Settings

gain8
bass6.5

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 2001-2002, Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow. No direct source confirms exact guitar/amp for this song, but Down's studio rig for this album is widely documented as Les Pauls with high-output humbuckers into Peavey 5150s. No evidence of live rig or alternate gear for this riff section.

Tone Character(10)
tight and percussivechunky, saturated distortionaggressive palm mutingsludgy low endcompressed and thickminimal ambienceartificial harmonics cut throughmodern metal claritydry, focused soundheavy, detuned riffing

Difficulty

The riff requires solid palm muting, aggressive picking, and accurate artificial harmonics, but is rhythmically straightforward and not extremely fast.

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